Frank Hampson is renowned as creator of Dan Dare
and for his strip-cartoon rendition of the Life of Christ.
But before he left Eagle he created seven other
comic-strip heroes, none of which were published.

Nothing was known about these ‘lost’ strips until after his death, and then it took serious detective work to find even copies of them. However we
did find them
and you can see them on this site.

The site also contains an appraisal of Dan Dare,
an account of Hampson’s last days at Eagle, and how
the ‘lost’ strips, intended for that comic, were (legally)
whisked away from him.

NEW FRANK HAMPSON BIOGRAPHYto commemorate 60 years of Eagle

Out now!

Click on the cover for more details.

CONTENTS

Introduction
How, after completing his Life of Christ,
Hampson began to devise the strips

The Lost Characters [10 pages]
The seven heroes created in 1962, plus Hampson’s try-out
for Modesty Blaise, and a page of Dawn O’Dare.

Dan Dare [6 pages]
An appraisal, and a look at how the character developed